DAYTON -- The University of Dayton Flyers close their three-game homestand Tuesday when the Rhode Island Rams visit Tom Blackburn Court. Game time at UD Arena is 7:30 p.m. ET.
Dayton is 21-2, with both losses in OT to Top 20-caliber teams -- Kansas in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational finals and Colorado in a buzzer-beater at the Chicago Legends. The Flyers are sixth in both the AP and USA Today Coaches polls UD is 10-0 and in first place in the A-10 after Saturday's 71-65 win over Saint Louis. Rhode Island is in second place with a 10-1 mark.
The game will be carried by WHIO Radio televised on the CBS Sports Network and streamed at CBSSports.com. Streaming audio, video and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com.
THE TRANSFORMED UD ARENA
The University of Dayton has completed a three-year, $76.2 million transformation project of UD Arena in time for the Arena's 50th anniversary season. The project transformed the 50-year-old facility into a state-of-the-art venue. The upgrade, the largest construction project in University history, modernizes the Arena without losing the "soul of the bowl" – the atmosphere that has made UD Arena one of the best places to watch college basketball.
#TRENDING
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Obi Toppin was one of 20 players named last Monday to the Wooden Award Late-Season Watch List. The Athletic named Toppin its Mid-Season Player of the Year in a vote of their college basketball writers and the Sporting News selected him to be one of its First Team Mid-Season All-Americans. He is on five national player of the year watch lists. Jay Bilas listed him as his top breakout candidate during the preseason.
• Toppin had his 100th career dunk during the Virginia Tech game in Maui, which was just his 20th start and 38th career game. He now has 160 in 56 career games.
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Jalen Crutcher was named A-10 Player of the Week for the second straight week after the SBU and Richmond wins. He is the first Flyer to earn back-to-back A-10 Player of the Weeks.
• Seth Davis named Crutcher college basketball's "Best Supporting Actor" during CBS Sports' college basketball studio coverage on Jan. 25.
• UD's No. 6 ranking is its best since December, 1967, when the Flyers were ranked sixth.
• Dayton has been ranked in the Top 20 for 10 consecutive weeks for the first time since the last 16 weeks of the 1955-56 season. The Flyers finished ranked third in the final poll that year.
• UD is first nationally in FG% (.524, 689-1315) and is second in assists (18.4).
• Seven different Flyers have scored in double figures this season. Six have led UD in scoring.
• Dayton is 10-0 in any league for the first time in school history. UD joined the A-10 in 1996.
• Peanut Butter and Jelly (aka
Jalen Crutcher and
Obi Toppin) each scored 17 points and
Ryan Mikesell added 11 with a team-high eight rebounds in UD's 71-65 win vs. Saint Louis on Feb. 8.
UP NEXT
• UD at UMass (Feb. 15) and VCU (Feb. 18) before returning home vs. Duquesne (Feb. 22).
